What is the burden of proving that a lawyer's trial strategy is deficient?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from United States v. Hayat, No. 2:05-cr-0240-GEB-CMK, No. 2:14-cv-1073-GEB-CMK (E.D. Cal. 2016):

Hayat "bears the burden of proving that [counsel]'s trial strategy was deficient." Matylinsky v. Budge, 577 F.3d 1083, 1091 (9th Cir.2009).

Id. (alteration in original) (citations omitted).

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